I've been using soft synths i.e. the plugins distributed with Garage band for ages. I wanna buy a Nord Clavia Electro 2. Any user reviews, comments or alternatives?


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I have used one. Its bloody ace. try and get the full keyboard rather then the module as it has a really nice semiweighted waterfall action. heavy enough for piano bits, light enough for EP and organ parts.

the B3 sounds wicked too. heres a review from keyboard mag...

http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?storyCode=4566

here are an option for you, just as alternatives to the electro

there's this from Waldorf
http://www.waldorfmusic.de/en/products/zarenbourg
which looks the part, but I don't know if its available yet

oh, and there is this,

http://www.rhodespiano.com/rhodes_am_series.htm


which might sound slightly better


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that rhodes looks quite special. isn't it limited in tones?

i've got a soft spot for nords at the mo:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NORD-STAGE-76-PRO-STAGE-PIANO-BRAND-NEW-DEALER_W0QQitemZ220123790523QQcmdZViewItem


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ooh, thats nice.

KimRex wrote:

that rhodes looks quite special. isn't it limited in tones?

Limited in tones? WTF???
Its a RHODES ELECTRIC PIANO!!! How in the name of the great god can it be limited? That's like saying that Beethoven was limited as a composer! So, what do you want? A triton to play nearly but not quite sound alike stuff? or the real deal, with, If you look at the whole range, Midi support? You'll be saying that Nord electro has a better tonewheel organ sound than a Hammond next


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wow forgive my ignorance - i'm still learning!! didn't mean to touch a nerve ;)

i ain't used many rhodes, but can u change echo attack, decay, sustain, release, reverb etc.?
i expect you can get every sound out of that nord stage piano i posted that you can get from the rhodes... (u gonna tell me it's NOT the same?!)

i may be digging myself deeper here but:
what i want to achieve is a perfect rhodes sound on one song, a grand piano sound with loads of Rev on the next / wurlitzer / hamond....
without lugging a rhodes / grand piano / wurlitzer / hamond ... around the place.


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KimRex wrote:

i ain't used many Rhodes, but can u change echo attack, decay, sustain, release, reverb etc.?

Yes, you can. Play it quietly, hammer the keys, use the sustain pedal

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I expect you can get every sound out of that nord stage piano i posted that you can get from the Rhodes

I would laugh at this, But I fear you might be serious

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... (you gonna tell me it's NOT the same?!)

one makes its sound through the use of amplified tines being hit by a perfectly balanced piano-type action, the other uses a chip. which sounds better? You choose:D

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I may be digging myself deeper here

Yup

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what i want to achieve is a perfect Rhodes sound on one song, a grand piano sound with loads of Rev on the next / Wurlitzer / Hamond....
without lugging a rhodes / grand piano / wurlitzer / hamond ... around the place.

you forgot the leslie
BURN HEATHEN (makes voodoo doll) You actually think a VIRTUAL ANALOGUE keyboard can equal the rich wonderful sound of Hammonds, (2m's) Wurlitzer ep100/200's or a Fender Rhodes Stage 73? Are you beastmix?



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ooh, steady on.

while those new rhodes do look lovely, they are just rhodes. you would need to use the top model as a control keyboard and have a seperate midi module for the wurli/organ/piano bits. (nord electro rack?!)

while nothing really beats the real thing, theyre pretty close approximations especially for live stuff. you dont want to be lugging around tonewheel organs, leslie cabs etc. they just go wonky.

leslie - i was trying to think of that name but i couldn't remember the name.
i used one once in brynderwen on a b-side track soon to be released by MKF.

mystery bob seems to have understood my predicament. whilst thumpsquid is just making me feel thick (which may or may not be true!) do you have many of the mentioned keyboards setup in a space where i can hear them?

i love authenticity but am limited by practicality.


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KimRex wrote:

whilst thumpsquid is just making me feel thick (which may or may not be true!) do you have many of the mentioned keyboards setup in a space where i can hear them?

i love authenticity but am limited by practicality.

Thumpsquid is being a pedantic impractical arse. Seeing as he doesn't generally play live, he doesn't have to do all the horrible lugging around, set-up, play, strike, lug around part 2, get in car, drive home at 2am on a pissing wet Wednesday night in February.

Speaking as someone who carried a Rhodes stage piano around for live gigs for about three years, I can testify to the back-breaking agony of getting a Rhodes down the stairs of the Barfly on a regular basis. Since swapping for a Korg electric piano thing (and a Triton on top), getting in and out of gigs is much easier, and the damn things don't break nearly as often.

Like a whining high-maintenance girlfriend, lovely vintage keyboards and synths need constant attention and love, and you just can't mix sweaty regular gigs with those kind of instruments.

I love authenticity too, but save it for recordings. Go for the Nord or something similar. Those new Rhodes look like they'll cost £BUMRAPE


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rarg wrote:

Those new Rhodes look like they'll cost £BUMRAPE

im having that. thats class.